Re: 8 bit microcontroller market

Robert_Teufel wrote:

Ian Bell wrote:
I am trying to get a handle on the current (or at least fairly recent) 8
bit microcontroller market. There is plenty of anecdotal evidence around,
usually to show a particular manufacturer in a favourable light but apart
from spending several grand on a marketing report I have been unable to
find a set of basic figures for recent years. There are broad figures up
to 2000 in the FAQ but nothing more detailed or recent.

Any ideas where this can be found at little or no cost. I am thinking
market share by value, shipments and processor type - that sort of thing.

Ian

Hi Ian,

first of all, I appreciate your contributions to this group, that's why
I will take a few minutes and try to answer your question to the best
of my abilities.

That's very kind.

I work for a company that manufactures 8051 derivatives and we follow
the market all the time and I try to keep this as unbiased as possible.
The leader in units is Microchip, accounting for all the PIC1x devices.

I have heard this anecdote several times (on the web) but it is always
unqualified. Does it mean Microchip shipped more 8 bitters than any other
single 8 bit manufacturer? if it does it tells only part of the story - or
does it mean more PICs were shipped than any other type of 8 bit micro - a
totaly different statistic. I suspect there are still more 8051 derivatives
shipped than PICs for example but I need some way to get these figures.

The leader in Dollar volume is probably still Freescale (latest data I
have is 2004), including ancient devices such as the HC05, all 08
devices, HC11 and may be some more.

They have been for some time; plenty of anecdotal evidence of that.

The 8051 claims to to have the widest coverage of applications or in
other words, most designs of all 8-bits.

Does it? Where is this written?

The AVR does not make it into this most... list, yet but it is
definitely a another "force" in the 8-bit.

Interesting because I found a news item from just a few years ago that
claimed the AVR had 30% of the 8 bit market.

Going with any of these architectures should be fairly save for years
to come.

Now at least two people have misunderstood my question. Perhaps I did not
explain myself well enough. I am not trying to make a design decision. it's
just you hear all sorts of anecdotes about the relative sizes of 8,16 and
32 bit markets, who has what share of which by volume, by value and so on
but I am trying to get a consolidated picture of this. Market research
companies create reports providing this info but the cost thousands of
dollars.

Thanks for your input Robert.

IAn

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